Posted on Apr 16, 2024
Finally! Tough new safety rules on silica dust are out to protect miners' lungs
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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/16/ [login to see] /silica-dust-mine-safety-coal-black-lung-final-rule
It took mine safety regulators 50 years to do what federal researchers had long urged: make the exposure limit to silica dust twice as restrictive as currently allowed and directly regulate exposure so citations and fines are possible when miners are overexposed.
It took mine safety regulators 50 years to do what federal researchers had long urged: make the exposure limit to silica dust twice as restrictive as currently allowed and directly regulate exposure so citations and fines are possible when miners are overexposed.
Finally! Tough new safety rules on silica dust are out to protect miners' lungs
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Mining and Metals
Safety
Health
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
PO1 H Gene Lawrence Oh Yeah, I Know! CTO1 William Wesling Nagel USN(R) Great Grandson of William Nagel, He Died in a Cave In, Coal Mine, Step Grandson of Louie Stein, He Died of Black Lung from Working in the Same Mine! Needless to Say, I am No Friend of the Fossil Fuel Industry!
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